John J. McDonough is an American politician who served as a member of the Boston School Committee from 1966 to 1968 and again from 1972 to 1982.
[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of Boston in 1967.
[2] McDonough was an opponent of court-ordered busing and in 1974 he and two other School Committee members were held in contempt of court for not coming up with a second phase of the desegregation process.
[3] In 1981, McDonough was acquitted on charges of taking a $5,000 kickback from a school bus company.
[4] He is the brother of former Boston City Councilor and city clerk Patrick F. McDonough.